The Porsche Crawford of three-time race winner Andy Wallace, Joey Hand, Patrick Long and Bill Auberlen grabbed the lead in the sixth hour of one of the most competitive races in the history of the Rolex 24-Hour sports car endurance race at Daytona International Speedway.

Hand was at the wheel of the Daytona Prototype when it moved to the front last night, the 12th lead change in a race that has never had more than 15 lead changes in the entire 24 hours.

Second, just seconds behind after the first quarter of the grueling race, was the Ford Riley of Mark Wilkens, Andrew Ranger, Colin Braun and Brian Frisselle.

In fact, eight cars -- all prototypes -- were on the lead lap, with four more just a lap down.

Two-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson, teamed with former CART champion Jimmy Vasser and defending Rolex Grand-Am Series champions Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney, was in fourth place after taking his first stint in the team's Pontiac Riley prototype.

"I had a great experience out there," Johnson said. "We have a great car and we're just really trying to stick to our rhythm. I tried not to put the car into any bad situations."

• Top Fuel drag racer Doug Herbert's two sons were killed in a traffic accident near their home. A statement from Herbert's team said sons Jon, 17, and James, 12, died instantly when their car collided with another vehicle in Cornelius, N.C.

• Jacques Villeneuve and longtime manager and friend Craig Pollock have parted ways. The former Formula One champion from Canada, is about to join NASCAR's Sprint Cup series.

The Washington Redskins fired assistants Gregg Williams and Al Saunders, promoted Greg Blache to lead the team's defense and said that a head coach likely would not be in place for at least another week.

• Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon will enter a plea Feb. 5 on charges of driving under the influence, court officials said. The charges stem from an arrest Dec. 28, when an officer arrested the former Seahawks quarterback on suspicion of DUI.

• New Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith hired four assistants, including receivers coach Terry Robiskie, defensive line coach Ray Hamilton, running backs coach Gerald Brown and offensive quality control coach Glenn Thomas.

• Former West Virginia University running back Avon Cobourne signed a new contract with the Montreal Alouettes. Cobourne played at WVU between 1999-2002 and remains the school's career rushing leader.

Indonesia's Yohannes Christian John retained his WBA featherweight title by stopping Roinet Caballero of Panama in the seventh round in Jakarta, Indonesia. John (40-0-1), 28, was making his ninth title defense since winning the belt in 2003.

• Alexander Povetkin won an unanimous decision against American Eddie Chambers in Berlin, Germany.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defeated the Manchester Monarchs, 3-2. The Penguins got goals from Nathan Smith and Chris Minard in the first period and one from center Kurtis McLean in the second to end the scoring.

• The Cincinnati Cyclones defeated visiting Wheeling, 2-0, as goalie Cedrick Desjardins stopped 39 Nailers shots.

American Marco Sullivan won the downhill in Chamonix, France, to claim his first World Cup victory, while teammate Bode Miller finished seventh. Sullivan, 27, covered the 2.08-mile course in 2 minutes, 0.11 seconds.

• Italian Denise Karbon overcame a broken left thumb to win a giant slalom World Cup race in Ofterschwang, Germany. She won her fifth giant slalom victory of the season with a combined time of 2:22.26. Lindsey Vonn of the United States remained second in the overall rankings by finishing sixth in 2:22.84.